There are 33,57,519 individuals and business establishments using Tax Identification Number as of September 30. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Sunday said this at the Jatiya Sangsad while replying to a question of treasury bench member Moazzem Hossain Ratan.
The minister informed the House that some duplication had been found among the TIN users, which was being cleansed.
Replying to a supplementary question, Muhith said the government had not taken strict action against tax evasion previously and the system of tax payment was weak in the country.
‘The number of tax payers is less than half of the number of TIN users,’ he said.
The minister said the government had opened tax offices at different upazilas while a tax office will be set up at every upazila in phases.
Replying to another question from treasury bench member Sultana Bulbul, Muhith informed the House that the government had earned Tk 36,566 crore as income tax in 2012-2013 fiscal, which was Tk 7,913 crore higher than the previous fiscal.
Replying to another question from Jatiya Party member Nasrin Ratna, he said Tk 9,225.25 crore was debt to 28 corporations, which borrowed from various banks in the country and some bank management realised partial debt from some of the corporations on the base of information.
-With New Age input
